Gem in Spain’s Andalucia is among the top 100 must-visit destinations for 2025, according to Forbes

Spain’s war on Airbnb continues: Country’s third-most visited city demands removal of hundreds of tourist flats

SEVILLA city council has requested the removal of 715 tourist apartments, two thirds of which are in the historic centre and the Triana neighbourhood. It

4 Jul, 2024 @ 21:00

Lead·Sevilla

Inside Jude Bellingham’s life in Spain: How England star, 21, lives in exclusive ‘footballer’s paradise’ near his Real Madrid training ground – but is often seeing visiting local cafes while keeping a low profile

THE beating heart of both Real Madrid and England, Jude Bellingham may just be world football’s current poster boy. Having swapped Germany for Spain last

4 Jul, 2024 @ 19:43

Lead·Madrid·Sport

Spain debuts the world’s first ever beach-cleaning robot: AI powered ‘PlatjaBot’ gets to work in popular seaside resort

THE world’s first beach–cleaning AI robot will be put through its paces on popular Valencia City beaches this summer. The first tests were carried out

4 Jul, 2024 @ 18:02

Lead·Technology·Valencia

Sun cream warning in Spain: These brands do not provide the protection they claim, say experts

THREE sunscreens claiming to offer factor 50 protection don’t come up to scratch according to a study compiled by Spain’s OCU consumer association. The group

4 Jul, 2024 @ 17:11

Health·Lead

Missing: Desperate search for Belgian national, 37, who vanished without a trace from Spain’s Costa del Sol

Have you seen Tim? Contact tips@theolivepress.es BELGIAN police have joined the search for a compatriot who vanished from the Costa del Sol more than three

4 Jul, 2024 @ 15:34

Andalucia·Lead

1 bedroom Apartment for sale in Arguineguin – € 180,000

Apartment Arguineguín, Gran Canaria 1 beds 1 baths € 180,000 Our agency offers a charming apartment with panoramic sea views in the Patalavaca

4 Jul, 2024 @ 13:05

Featured Property

Watch: Dramatic moment Scottish fugitive wanted for sex crimes is arrested while using outdoor gym on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A SCOTTISH fugitive wanted for sex crimes in the UK has been arrested while using an outdoor gym on the Costa del Sol. James Clacher,

4 Jul, 2024 @ 12:41

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

The Spain team ahead of their game against Georgia at the Euro 2024 tournament

Mallorca braces for Germany v Spain clash: Riot police and undercover cops ‘will be ready to act’ as thousands of German tourists pack out bars on Friday

MALLORCA authorities are preparing for the Euro 2024 quarter final between Spain and Germany tomorrow, it has emerged. The Policia Nacional has confirmed it will

4 Jul, 2024 @ 12:36

Lead·Mallorca·Sport

British tourist, 27, arrested after shouting 'f*** the police' and slapping officer in Mallorca party capital of Magaluf

British tourist, 20, is beaten unconscious in Spain’s Mallorca: Police hunt six-foot attacker

POLICE on the Balearic Island of Mallorca are seeking a man described as blond, six-foot tall and stocky after he allegedly doled out an extremely

4 Jul, 2024 @ 11:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Jay Slater went back to Airbnb of convicted drug dealer before disappearing in Tenerife: Fellow Brit says the missing teen ‘left the house alive’

THE Brit who rented the Airbnb missing teenager Jay Slater, 19, went to before he vanished in Tenerife has broken his silence. Ayub Qassim, 31,

4 Jul, 2024 @ 11:30

Lead·Tenerife

Police tend to the young girls abandoned in a car in Tenerife Credit Local police

British girl and her baby sister are found ‘abandoned in parked car’ in Spain’s Tenerife

THE alarm was raised on June 17, at around 6pm: two young girls had been left locked in a car outside a shopping mall in

4 Jul, 2024 @ 11:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Tenerife

Heavy rain and gales forecast from Friday for parts of Spain

Hail and storms to hit parts of Spain this weekend in freak July weather – while the south will remain very hot

THE weather in Spain has been anything but predictable this summer so far. If earlier this week the forecasts were for the arrival of some

4 Jul, 2024 @ 10:27

Lead·Weather

Hotel bosses in Malaga blast ‘irresponsible’ anti-tourism protests for ‘demonising our main industry’

MALAGA’S hotel sector has launched a campaign to woo back its key customers after fears that recent bouts of turismofobia have scared foreign visitors away.

4 Jul, 2024 @ 08:30

Lead·Malaga

Five loggerhead turtles born on a Marbella beach prepare to start life in the sea after a year’s training at marine zoo

FIVE loggerhead turtles born on a Marbella beach last year are set to be released into the sea after being nurtured in a marine zoo.

4 Jul, 2024 @ 08:00

Environment·Lead·Marbella

Must-visit: Spain’s smallest city on a hilltop that is home to fewer than 300 people

SPAIN’S smallest city- Frias- with a population of under 300, also happens to be one of the country’s prettiest. With two churches and a convent

4 Jul, 2024 @ 06:00

Lead·Olive Press Travel

Spain cracks down on short term property rentals – these are the proposed new rules

THE SPANISH government is considering two new rules to crack down on short term property rentals. Today, July 3, Spain considered two main measures to

3 Jul, 2024 @ 23:00

Property

British tourists have spent the most money in Spain this year, eye-opening figures reveal – and it’s not even close

BRITISH tourists continue to be the most important foreign visitor to Spain in terms of volume and value, new figures have revealed. According to the

3 Jul, 2024 @ 22:00

Lead·Olive Press Travel

Plan to restrict explicit content for minors suffers major setback in Spain: Government app allows access to top 10 porn websites

A GOVERNMENT app designed to restrict access to explicit content for minors has suffered a major setback after it allows access to Spain’s most visited

3 Jul, 2024 @ 21:00

Lead

Marbella train latest: Spain’s transport minister will meet with Costa del Sol leaders this month to discuss long-awaited project

SPAIN’S transport minister will meet with local leaders this month to discuss the long-awaited Costa del Sol train. It seems the Costa del Sol train

3 Jul, 2024 @ 20:00

Costa del Sol·Lead·Travel News

British tourists in Benidorm are branded the ‘worst offenders’ for this ‘dangerous’ behaviour

BENIDORM has blasted British tourists, saying their ‘dangerous’ behaviour makes them the ‘worst offenders’. Brits in Benidorm already have a reputation for boozing and brawling,

3 Jul, 2024 @ 19:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Swimming pool ban in Spain: Holiday hotspot in Alicante brings in shock measure after suffering months of ‘historic drought’

ALTEA has become the first Costa Blanca municipality to introduce a ban on filling up swimming pools and the watering of gardens and sports areas

3 Jul, 2024 @ 17:26

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner could be free within MONTHS after German court quashes arrest warrant that led to sex abuse trial – sparking fury among witnesses

A GERMAN court has quashed an arrest warrant that was issued for Madeleine Mccann suspect Christian Brueckner for a series of alleged sexual assaults and

3 Jul, 2024 @ 15:47

Lead

Shooting in Madrid: CCTV shows terrifying moment shotgun-wielding man opens fire in a restaurant

THIS is the moment a gunman was filmed shooting up a restaurant in Madrid. CCTV footage shared online shows the suspect entering a Dominos branch

3 Jul, 2024 @ 15:37

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Irish tourist found dead in Spain’s Magaluf was NOT killed by hit-and-run, autopsy reveals: Police probe ‘cocaine link’ while bite marks are swabbed for DNA

AN Irish father-of-four who was found dead in Magaluf was not killed in a hit-and-run incident, Spanish authorities have said. Michael Grant, 45, collapsed and

3 Jul, 2024 @ 14:19

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Marbella launches probe into number of tourist flats after ‘historic’ protests in Malaga

MARBELLA is investigating the impact of tourist flats in the city after neighbouring Malaga was hit by protests. Mayor Angeles Muñoz has announced the town

3 Jul, 2024 @ 14:15

Lead·Marbella

Watch: Major resort is first in Spain to be declared ‘tsunami ready’ by the UN after performing evacuation drills and erecting warning signs – as experts predict monster wave ‘within 30 years’

A RESORT town on the Atlantic coast has become the first in Spain to be declared ‘tsunami ready’. Chipiona, a holiday hotspot of 19,000 people

3 Jul, 2024 @ 13:26

Cadiz·Environment·Lead

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